Legal question about collection agents

Being sent to a collection agency in fl. for hospital bill?
I had back surgery in Feb of 2008 plate was put in my back. . Bill was paid by state as for i lost my job and ins,, Screw came out and i needed to go back for surgery, one month later to have screw removed. Hospital is sending me to collections. for $15000.00 hospital bill i cannot pay , I lost my home and am still crippled from back surgery ( nerve damage) , Family is helping me live on . have no assets 15 year old truck. live in an apartment paid for by family;Waiting for SS disability.What can collections do to me. ?I have nothing to give. Thank you for any responses. Happy New year.

If the same hospital performed both surgery's you can send them a copy of both bills they sent you and inform them, before the 2 year anniversary date, that it was their work that failed and that if they won't accept the responsibility for the repair of their faulty work you will be forced to seek an attorney and immediatley file a suit against them for the General and Special Damages their negligence has caused you.

Then place a deadline for a response and sign it,

Sincerely,

Your Name

Of course, you could just file against them anyway.

I may even know an Atty in your area. They love personal injury or medical negligence claims and it won't cost you a dime unless the screw coming out was your fault and the hospital can prove it.. If they could prove it, I would be very surprised.

Your only other option is to take it and pay the bill, over time after you recover, if you ever do so, or you can file for bankruptcy but you have to pay for that in cash before they will file for you.

Good Luck!

I went thru a similar situation after I broke my neck in 3/08. My repair failed because I got an infection that softened my spinal bones.

Over all, I spent a year and a half recovering from my injury, and of course I'll never be able to twist or bend my neck properly again, but I can live with that...